Police found a body Sunday buried under a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after a man walked into a police station and said he killed a female teacher 26 years ago.
The 68-year-old man said he murdered the woman in 1978 and buried her at his former home, police said.
The body is believed to be that of Chikako Ishikawa, an elementary school teacher, they said.
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